Information content, audit reports and going-concern: An Australian study

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-282

  Bessell, Max ^a   Anandarajan, Asokan ^b   Umar, Ahson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Yell PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit reports; Financial distress; Going concern

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751219989     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629x.2003.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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